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Mehlitz joins Potok in Berlin-Brandenburg incentive scheme
Former Cinerentapartner and current Lago Film managing director Marco Mehlitz has partneredwith former Vivendi Germany and Studio Babelsberg chief Thierry Potok on hisstate-backed incentive scheme for projects shooting in the Berlin-Brandenburgarea.Producers who team up with German production partners willbe eligible for a guarantee through Potok's International Production FinancingServices (IPFS).Under thescheme, ...
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Fiji makes Oscar bid with The Land Has Eyes
Fiji has made its first ever attempt to win an Academy Award by submitting TheLand Has Eyes for the best foreign-language film category. In order to qualify,Australian-based distributor Ronin Films opened the film at the only multiplexin the Fijian capital of Suva on September 8, where it took a respectable ...
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Cast lines up for Lion's Gate werewolf movie Skinwalkers
Jason Behr,Elias Koteas, Rhona Mitra, Natassia Malthe and Lyriq Bent have been cast inLions Gate's upcoming werewolf picture Skinwalkers, which is set to begin shooting inSeptember in Canada.Lions Gate isproducing with Germany's Constantin Film, which is financing the project with DonCarmody and Dennis Beradi of Red Moon Films and effects ...
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San Sebastian kicks off with emotional tribute to Robert Wise
Spain'sDonostia-San Sebastian International Film Festival kicked off its 53rd annualedition Thursday night.The inaugurationat the coastal city's glass-box Kursaal auditorium commenced with news thatdirector Robert Wise, the subject of one of the festival's two retrospectives,had passed away just one day earlier.The festivalplayed a short video of Wise thanking San Sebastian forthe ...
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Woodrow, Kotchek launch Offshore Entertainment in NYC
New York-basedOffshore Entertainment has launched with a slate of feature, television andmusic projects including Morgan J Freeman's road movie Just Like The Son.Financed through a New York investment bank, the umbrellacompany is headed up by former investment fund manager Christopher Woodrow aschief executive officer and Darren Kotchek as chief financial ...
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Industry execs sign up for Skillset mentoring scheme
A who's who of British filmindustry insiders have volunteered to serve as mentors for people startingcareers in the film business, as part of a new mentoring programme announced bySkillset. Guiding Lights is a year-long programme of mentoring, advice, andsupport that will boast mentors including Michael Kuhn, Paul Greengrass, FrankCottrell-Boyce, Lynne ...
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Germany, Japan tap heels to Saura's Iberia
Carlos Saura's latest dance extravaganza, Iberia, hassold to 14 territories following its world premiere in Toronto, led by deals inGermany, France and Japan.The film, being sold internationally by Wild Bunch, isinspired by Spanish composer Isaac Albeniz and is about the top stars offlamenco music and dance, much like Saura's 1995 ...
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Toronto's mega-studio won't be so mega
It will be bigbut not as big is was supposed to be: the size and cost of the much-anticipatedToronto mega-studio has been scaled back. As reportedSept. 10 in Screendaily, Toronto Film Studios (TFS) has signed a land leasewith the City of Toronto, a crucial step toward breaking ground on thestate-of-the-art ...
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Exhibitors team up for Australia's biggest arthouse cinema
Australia is to get its biggest purpose-built arthouse cinemain late 2006, a nine-screen complex in the national capital of Canberra that will link the Dendy and Electric Shadowsbrands. It will also be the firstspecialist complex to feature small, intimate auditoriums - two 35-seaters -with food and beverage delivered directly to ...
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Dongmakgol chosen as South Korea's Oscar entry
South Korea has selected blockbuster hit Welcome ToDongmakgol as its submission to the best foreign-language film category ofthe 78th Academy Awards.Set in a remote mountainousvillage during the Korean War, the film tells the story of two South Korean soldiers,three North Korean soldiers and a downed American pilot who end up ...
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Andalucian outfit launches film investment fund
Agroup of film professionals and investors from the Spanish region of Andalusiahave launched new investment fund Surinvest Capital Andalucia to offerfinancing for film and TV works.The godfather of the project is director Antonio Caudri,whose Euros 11m, English-language UK co-production The Heart Of The Earthwill be the fund's tent-pole project for ...
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European Film Academy unveils awards shortlist
The European Film Academyhas announced 46 films in its shortlist for this year's European Film Awardsnominations. Each year, the Academyselects about 40 films that will be sent to its members for final nominations -this year's number of films is up from last year's selection list of 42. The choices include ...
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Roadshow loses appeal against Wolf Creek rating
Distributor Roadshow haslost its appeal against the R18+ rating handed down three weeks ago to localhorror picture Wolf Creek, which it releases in cinemas on November 3.It was a unanimous decision madeby the three-member panel of the Classification Review Board and the deputyconvenor of the board. Former memberof parliament Trevor ...
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Athens festival kicks off with Costa Gavras' Axe
The 11th Athens International Film Festival-Opening Nightskicks off today (Sept 15) with the gala presentation of Costa Gavras' TheAxe (Le Couperet).Gavras will be on hand tointroduce the film, to offer a master class and to receive a Golden Athena, thefestival's trophy, for his career.He will be joined during the festival ...
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Rogue picks up Gondry's Block Party at Toronto
Dave Chappelle's Block Party, a standup comedy movie directed by Michel Gondry,was the latest film to sell at Toronto today (Wed) with Rogue Picturesacquiring worldwide rights.The deal marked the first acquisition for Rogue since it was expanded into the genre division of Universal Pictures run by David Linde. When it ...
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Cannes names Demier as general manager
The Cannes Film Festival hasannounced the appointment of Catherine Demier to the post of general manager.Demier replaces VeroniqueCayla who left the Cannes festival organization in June to take up thepresidency of French support body, the CNC. Formerly a manager at theCNC, Demier was also counsellor to the minister of culture ...
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Hong Kong producers look West and East
After a strong showing atthis year's Venice and Toronto film festivals, not to mention a few big hitsover the summer, Hong Kong producers currently have several reasons to feelconfident. But the trend towards declining production numbers is unlikely to bereversed before the end of the year.Although Media Asia's mangaadaptation Initial ...
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iHQ launches new Korean sales agency
iHQ, an up-and-coming Korean companythat has diversified from talent management to film production and investment,has launched a new international sales division under Catherine Park, formerlyof CJ Entertainment.The company will make its market debut at Pusan, withan initial slate including Daisy, an action romance shot in theNetherlands featuring top star Jeon ...
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Sklan moves from AFC to SBS Independent
The Australian Film Commission (AFC) has lost its head of development CaroleSklan to SBS Independent.Sklan will be the new commissioning editor of drama for the productionarm of the multicultural broadcaster, replacing Miranda Dear, who recentlymoved to fellow public broadcaster ABC. Sklan, who remains based in Melbourne, will commissionAustralian drama series ...
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Wrenn lights up Firesign but keeps Celluloid gig
Michael Wrenn, who heads Celluloid Dreams' Pacific office, has launcheda production outfit, Firesign, and won New Zealand Film Commission (NZFC)development money for the feature Electric.Wrenn is working with debut director Brendan Donovan and writer ChadTaylor, who is adapting the script from his own novel. The story, set in thechaos of ...